Ultimate Mets Database - Frank Taveras

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Frank Taveras
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 210 of 890 players

Franklin Cristamo Taveras
Born: December 24, 1949 at Las Matas De Santa Cru, Dominican Republic
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 160

Frank Taveras was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 24, 2007, and May 12, 2010.

First Mets game: April 20, 1979
Last Mets game: October 3, 1981

Winner of National League Player of the Week award, May 25, 1980. (New York Mets)

Frank Taveras also played for the following teams:

Pittsburgh Pirates 1971, 1972, 1974 - 1979; Montreal Expos 1982

Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Mets in exchange for Tim Foli and Greg Field on April 19, 1979.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Montreal Expos in exchange for Steve Ratzer on December 11, 1981.

Tied Mets season record of 9 Triples in 1979. Record was previously set by Charlie Neal in 1962 and tied by Steve Henderson in 1978. Tied by Mookie Wilson in 1982. Broken by Mookie Wilson in 1984 with 10.
Established a Mets season record for Stolen Bases in 1979 with 42. Broken by Mookie Wilson in 1982 with 58.

Click the icon to see a graph of Frank Taveras's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1979 153 635 89 167 26 9 1 33 33 1 72 2 42 19 10 0 214 .263 .337 .301

1980 141 562 65 157 27 0 0 25 23 0 64 1 32 18 10 2 184 .279 .327 .308

1981 84 283 30 65 11 3 0 11 12 0 36 2 16 4 5 3 82 .230 .290 .263

3 years 378 1480 184 389 64 12 1 69 68 1 172 5 90 41 25 5 480 .263 .324 .297

Led Mets in at bats with 635 in 1979.
Led Mets in singles with 131 in 1979 and with 130 in 1980.
Led Mets in triples with 9 in 1979.
Led Mets in stolen bases with 42 in 1979.
Led Mets in caught stealing with 19 in 1979 and with 18 in 1980.
Tied for Mets lead in hit by pitch with 2 in 1981.
Led Mets in sacrifice hits with 10 in 1979 and with 10 in 1980.

Games where Frank Taveras had 4 or more Hits
At Chicago (NL) 06/30/79. At St. Louis (NL) 09/28/79. vs. Houston (NL) 05/22/80. vs. Atlanta (NL) 05/25/80.
At Chicago (NL) 06/25/80. vs. Houston (NL) 08/01/80. At Montreal (NL) 08/05/80.

Games played by position
1979: Shortstop 153
1980: Shortstop 140
1981: Shortstop 79

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Frank Taveras was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1979 81 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 46 84 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 6 57 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
Totals 133 210 0 0 0 0 10 1 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1979	81	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	46	84	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1981	6	57	0	0	0	0	9	1	0
Totals	133	210	0	0	0	0	10	1	0